• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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    4 days ago
    NEEDS TEXT ALTERNATIVE TO BE EXTRA BADASS.

    IMAGES OF TEXT BREAKS SHIT THAT TEXT ALTERNATIVES DON’T, MFER. LOSSES DUE TO IMAGE OF TEXT LACKING ALTERNATIVE:

    • USABILITY
      • WE CAN’T QUOTE THE TEXT WITHOUT POINTLESS BULLSHIT LIKE RETYPING IT OR OCR
      • TEXT SEARCH IS UNAVAILABLE
      • THE SYSTEM CAN’T
        • REFLOW TEXT TO VARIED SCREEN SIZES
        • VARY PRESENTATION (SIZE, CONTRAST)
        • VARY MODALITY (AUDIO, BRAILLE)
    • ACCESSIBILITY
      • LACKS BOMB ASS SEMANTIC STRUCTURE (TAGS FOR TITLES, HEADING LEVELS, SECTIONS, PARAGRAPHS, LISTS, EMPHASIS, CODE, LINKS, ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES, ETC)
      • SOME USERS CAN’T READ THIS SHIT DUE TO LACK OF ALT TEXT
      • USERS CAN’T ADAPT THE TEXT FOR DYSLEXIA OR VISION IMPAIRMENTS
      • SYSTEMS CAN’T READ THE TEXT TO THEM OR SEND IT TO BRAILLE DEVICES
    • SEARCHABILITY: THE “TEXT” ISN’T INDEXABLE BY SEARCH ENGINE IN A KICK ASS MEANINGFUL WAY
    • FAULT TOLERANCE: NO TEXT FALLBACK IF
      • IMAGE BREAKS
      • IMAGE HOST IS GEOBLOCKED DUE TO INSANE REGULATIONS.

    CONTRARY TO AGE & HUMBLE APPEARANCE, TEXT IS A BADASS TECHNOLOGY THAT PROVIDES ALL THESE CAPABILITIES ABSENT FROM IMAGES.

    FUCK YEAH CRUISE CONTROL